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0. H. THURSTON. HAT AND GOAT HOOK.

No. 454,305. Patented June 16,1891.

INVENTUR- 4 that of other welLknown forms.

NtTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. THURSTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK XV.THURSTON, OF SAME PLACE.

HAT AND COAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N 0. 454,305, dated June16, 1891.

Application filed January 28, 1890. Serial No. 338,434. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. THURSTON, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hat and Coat Hooks, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in suspension-hooks of two or morebranches which are formed of wire; and the object of my invention is tocheapen the cost of production and to so form the hook that at the pointwhere the doubled wires forming the lower member of a hat and coat hookseparate they shall be firmly bound to each other so as to preventmotion of one upon the other or the disturbance of their parallelposition when articles are suspended upon either the upper or lowermember, making the hook stronger and neater in appearance thereby, andalso allowing lighter wire to be used in construction to obtain astrength equal to I also provide an addition to a hat and coat hook toform an additional hook or third member to a hat and coat hook for thepurpose of pre.

Venting a hat hung upon the middle member from falling or being knockedfrom its place and at the same time allowing it to be easily hung uponor taken from the same. I attain these objects by the simpleconstructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a side elevation ofahook made of a single piece of wire whichembodies the first part of my invention. The upper portion consists of ahorizontal arm I), extending out in a straight line from theattaching-shank c, which is preferably provided with a screwthread,which may be out either before or after the hook has been formed; but,if desired, a sharp driving-point may be substituted for the screw. Atthe outer end of the arm I) the wire is bent, as shown, to form a loopcl and is then carried. backward and slightly downward beneath the armI) to form a brace e, the rear end of which is bent downward to form thehooked portion f, which consists of a return-bend, forming a loop at atthe end, and returning is twisted at 9, thereby firmly locking the twowires together to prevent deflection from its proper position when aweight is hung upon either member of the hook. The free end of the wireis then carried up and bent around the horizontal arm I) at h, whichcompletes the hook so far as an ordinary coat and hat hook is concerned.

Fig. 2 shows the same hook, still consisting of a single piece of wire,but which after passing around the arm I) at h is carried upward andbent over forward, as shown at i, to form a third portion, under which ahatrim may be placed to prevent it from falling or being knocked fromits proper position. This third hook 111 term a hat-protector. Fig. 3shows a rear view of the same.

Fig. 4 shows my method of forming a rigid rear bearing at the pointwhere the eye h goes around the arm I), where it comes in contact withthe wall or strip to which the hook is attached, and consists of a bentor corrugated portion, which may be bent either above or below thedirect line of the arm I) at the point where the eye 7L encircles it,preventing lateral motion thereon and forming a shoulder near the shankc.

Fig. 5 shows another form of hook with an untwisted lower member.

Similar letters indicate like parts in each hook figured.

Fig. (3 shows another form of hook embodying part of my invention. Inthis the upper member 2' is made double,with the attachingshank c thrownbetween the doubled upper member, which is closed around it and alsotwisted between the attaching-arm and brace at h, the other part forminga lower hook of single wire, or it may be bent back upon itself to forma doubled lower hook. Fig. 7 shows a rear view of the same.

Fig. 8 shows another form of hook as shown in my patent, No. 168,682, ofOctober 11, 1875, which also embodies my invention of the combinationwith a hat or coat hook of a hatprotector. It shows the method ofholding a hat in position.

Fig. 9 shows the form of hook as patented in my patent, No. 407,797, ofJuly 30, 1889, with a separate protector attachment.

Fig. 10 shows a front view of the protector attachment, and also thepoint of lugj,which enters the opening below and between the upper armI) of the hook and the folded-back lower members to hold' the protectorin an upright position when it is attached to the wall or strip.

Fig. 11 shows a front elevation of a hook attachment or hat-protectorwhich can be made of either wrought or cast metal for a hook-base, andprovided with a central hole 70 for the screw or drive end of wirehooks, or with holes to correspond with the screw-holes k for cast metalor other hooks.

I am aware that a wire-hook patent was issued to one Franklin Young July24:, 1883, No. 282,023,which shows an overhanging member designed tohold a hat in position, but which was not a self-contained screw-shankhook or single-drive-shank hook, as it required the use of two' screwsor two drivingpoints. It had but one hanger or suspension member. V

I am also aware that hooks of cast metal have been made with a memberfor holding hats in position. These do not embody my invention asstated.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hook or hanger formed of a single piece of wire provided with anattaching shank c, from which shank proceeds directly the wire formingthe arm I), which arm I) is turned upward, outward, downward, andbackward to form the untwisted loop at, and is continued into the bracee, the rear end of which brace extends downward to form the hook portionf, which hook portion is made with the return-bend d, and the two sidesof which hook portion are twisted atg and the returning side of which isextended upward, looped aroundthe horizontal arm 1) at 7L, for thepurpose described.

2. A hook or hanger consisting of a single piece of wire provided withan attachingshank c, which piece of wire is bent to form a mainsuspension-arm 1), directly continuous with the attaching-shank c, whichmain suspension-arm is interposed between two hooks, one of which hooksis above and the other below said suspension-arm b, and the concavitiesof which hooks face the said main suspension-arm, and one of them has areturnbend at its outer extremity and the other of them is of singlewire and terminates in the free end of the single piece of wire of whichthe hook is formed, substantially as described.

3. A hook of three members formed of a single piece of wire, which hookconsists of an attachingshank and three suspension members I), f, and z,of which three members the member b is continuous with the saidattaching-shank c and in which the said member b and one of the othertwo have returnbends or loops at their outer ends and are double, andone of which members other than the member Z) is single and the arm I)of which hook is entolded by the wire which extends from the lowermember to the upper member, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a hook of two members, which is formed of asingle and continuous piece of wire bent upon itself and which isprovided with an attaching-shank c, a hookshaped hat-protector 1',located above and nearly in the same plane with the members I) f of thetwo-membered hook formed of a single piece of wire, which hat-protectori is provided with an eye at its lower end for the passage of the shankc, substantially as described.

OIIARLES II.- THURSTON.

WVitnesses:

THos. WM. CLARKE, OHAs. W. THURSTON.

